Recent content by Gary R. Smith

50+ views and nobody wants to play? The DPReview survey is up to 5 MFA's but the largest majority have little to no formal training. So, f/8 and be there?

It's likely that I've passed it by on my way to from Alaska in a big boat. Looking forward to seeing some of your shots from the workshop!

I suspect you'd find that most participants in online photography forums are in fact old men. I'm 71 and learned on a 35mm rangefinder 53 years ago. Switched to digital 15 years ago then began shooting film again. You'll find both digital and film shooters here.

Whatcha been up to?

I was also curious and posted this (in April) showing him alive and well and doing what he loves! https://realphotographersforum.com/threads/if-you-were-wondering.26982/

Beautiful Paul! What are you using to invert your color negs?

Howdy Sean! Looking forward to seeing your posts!

I posted a survey (out of curiosity) over on DPReview asking about everyone's level of "formal" training in photography. I was surprised to see two folks with MFA's with so few responses. I took a formal class in high school. I thought it might generate some discussion here. These were the...

Great set of shots Paul. On that top one I'm thinking heat mirage.

I think any publication with which you share a local affinity is more attractive than one that purports to be important. aperture has a long history and its association early on with Minor White gives it more credibility now that I realize he was part of it. Even so, old publications like...

I wouldn't claim that I was as active there as on other forums but I did spend time there browsing. I think that the "open source" crowd would lean into assuming permission to edit what somebody had posted.

I'm afraid that I'm guilty of that and that's why we no longer see Rob MacKillop around. Hopefully I'm not responsible for your absence?

I don't feel the magazine is consistently interesting. For example: I love 35mmc however some of the articles are often sports focused and I have no interest in sports. Despite trying to always reply to articles, I rarely reply to a sports article. Recently there was an article there about a...

That's sort of what I thought too. That said, I don't view our little group here as any more real than any other online forum. While I believe that we're all serious about our current and past photography, I don't think there are (m)any professional photographers who have time to participate...

I've reported on five previous issues, so here's a post on: Fall 2025 (rec'd 2 SEPT 2025). In the past I've been generally disappointed in my decision to subscribe and while there have been bits in this current issue that I've found interesting my overall opinion remains the same. The above...